Second Linthicum sting leads to prostitution arrest

Mary Gail Hare, The Baltimore Sun

For a second time this month, the Anne Arundel County police's vice unit has arrested a woman for prostitution during an undercover operation targeting solicitation activities in Linthicum's hotels area, near BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. An online advertisement prompted the second operation Monday night and resulted in the arrest of a 25-year-old Philadelphia woman.

Ashley E. Grumm was charged Monday with prostitution, assignation, setting up a house of prostitution and possession of marijuana. A Georgia woman was arrested July 3 as a result of a similar operation. Residents have complained frequently of prostitution in the area, police said.